DAILY CATHOLIC
FRI-SAT-SUN
March 19-21, 1999
vol. 10, no. 55

NEWS & VIEWS from a CATHOLIC perspective

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHDIOCESE PROTESTS ANTI-CATHOLIC EVENT

SAN FRANCISCO (CWNews.com) - The Archdiocese of San
Francisco called on the city on Wednesday to revoke the
permit for a group planning a street party on Easter
featuring men dressed as nuns, mocking the Catholic Church
and her teachings.

The group, known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,
planned to celebrate their 20th anniversary on Easter with
a street party in the Castro District, which has a large
homosexual population. Allowing a group that "mocks the
Catholic Church" to close a public street on Easter is
comparable to "allowing a group of neo-Nazis to close a
city street for a celebration on the Jewish feast of
Passover," said archdiocesan spokesman Maurice Healy.

A spokesman for the mock-nuns said the party will be held
despite the opposition. "We're really appalled at the
insensitivity of comparing us to neo-Nazis, which totally
invalidates the Jewish struggle against Nazis," the
spokesman said. "The Catholic Church should be ashamed for
promoting such absurdity. There are no pagan rituals. The
goal is education and celebration."

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